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Patente Sept. 18, 1883.

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-UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. EMILE BARB, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

ATOY PISTOL WITH NUMERIC-AL. COMBINTIONS.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 285,099, dated September 18, 1883.

Application filed` August 2, 1883. (No model.) Patented in France May 9, 1583,- in England July 5, 1883, No. 3,327, and in Belgium July o, i883.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, J. EMILE BARRE, a citizen of France, residing at Paris, in the French Republic, have vinvented a new and useful Improvementin rIoy Pistols with Numerical Combinations, (for which I have obtained patents in Great Britain for fourteen years, No. 3, 327 bearing date July 5, 188,3; in France fortifteeii years, dated May 9, 1883; and in Belgium for fifteen years, dated July 6, 1883,) of which the following is a speciiication.

The toy pistol the subject of the present iii-qz vention is of the form of a revolver or otherwise, its object being a new game of numerical hazard, which is more attractive and amusing than the usual numerical games. The numerical combinations are produced by maneuvering an external' knob or button. rlhe ures cannot possibly be tampered with, nor can they be clandestinely arranged. The numbers that can be formed range from O to as high as may be desired; and in all cases the combinations are perfectly chance, as in the case of lotteries, and they are formed inside the barrel of the gun, and quite'independent of the will of the player. rIhey appear only to be read, and cannot be removed from the gun in which they are held captive. n

In the accompanying` drawings, Figure l is 'a longitudinal section; Fig. 2, a side elevation; Fig. 3, an end view of the mouth of the barrel. Fig. 4 is a plan of the mechanism, showing the numerical combinations.

The barrel a of the pistol can be of any size or shaperound or having four or more faces. It` is attached to a handle, b, either of one or two parts of metal or wood solidly united. rIhe barrel a is hollow throughout` its length, and of rectangular section for the receptionv (with slight friction) of the number-box c, to which it acts as guide in its rectangular. displacements, which are communicated toit, as will be explained. The box c, which is the projectile of the pistol, (but which projectile is captive in the barrel,) is closed at the rear to receive the impulsion of a spiral spring, r, which is compressed when the box c is brought to the starting-point, and is freed by the action of the trigger.

The trigger d has a double scar, cl and sear di. By the scar d it engages with a spring, f

f, which simultaneously acts on the tumbler of the cock g or hammer. In pulling the trigger el, the sear d raises the hammer g by aid of the arm f of the spring and the pistol is cocked. At the saine time the second branch, f, which acts as a clapper to a bell, t, (xed on the handle 2),) is withdrawn from the bell. The object of the `second scar, d2, of the trigger is to depress a long spring, h, fixed on the barrel and furnished with a catch, h', which engages in a reversed catch, c', attached to the igurebox c. Vhen the box c is drawn to the rear of the pistolY it compresses the spiral spring r, and is held in its placewhen the catch c engages with` the catch h of the spring h.

The bell t may be so covered as to be hidden, and the hammer strikes in a cup, in which an ordinary toy priming or cap is placed.

The box c, adjusted Vand sliding in the barrel a, incloses the series of numbers, which should form the numerical and chance combinations. The series to the number of three, m n p, (but which may be of any more or less number,) consists of three small bands of endless material of unequal lengths, all three passing over square shafts q, m', n', and p', each disA tinct foreach of the bands m n p, each of which latter is furnished with a certain number of squares, x, on which are marked (either sunk or in relief) one of the figures O l 9, or a number containing two figures can be in a single square. The smallest band, p, has, for instance, eight squares x, the middle band, ai, has twelve, and the largest sixteen. These gures or numbers produce by their three rows quite a'n unexpected numerical combination.

To mix and change the numbers about on the respective rows, I give, simultaneously, a movement to the three bands by acting on the shaft m, which leaves the barrel by aid of the circular button or knob o, fixed on the said shaft, which is square, as is also the groove s of the barrel in which it moves, the square enlarging at s to allow of the rotation of the square mi, by which the combinations of the :figures are effected.

In the forward projection of the case or box c the square m2, which, after the combination of the figures is effected, occupies any posi- IOO tion, is brought level or perpendicular as soon as it engages in the external groove, s, the result being that the iiguresquares are brought in front of the window c at the mouth of the 5 barrel in a vertical position.

The groove s, if desired, may be concealed by a slide, which follows the square m2 in its rectilinear displacements. Finally, when the case or box c is at the starting-point, a hinged 1o door, c, hides the figures, on which it falls naturally.

Act/ion of the 150g/. The case or box c, being led to the position shown in the drawings, it is stopped bythe spring h and compresses the spring r. On drawing the trigger cl the hamnier g is cocked to allow of placing a detonatiug-cap in the cup or pan fi; but in continuing to draw on the trigger the following and simultaneous effects are produced-that is to say, first, the release of the catch h of the spring h causing a forward projection of the box c by the release of the spring r,- second, the release of the spring'f causing the descent of the hammer and discharge of the cap, and the striking of the bell t with the clapper; third, raising the sears d2 and d by the spring 7L. Vhen the box c is brought to `the starting point (which position is shownby the drawings) the button o is turned as much as one pleases, which makes the bands m n p bearing the figures or numbers to revolve, and, being of unequal length, numerical combinations result thereby, which are quite independent of the player, and which cannot be ascertained until the pistol is discharged, when the said combination is presented at the window a at the mouth of the pistol.

I claiml. In a toy pistol, the combination of its barrel with the sliding box c and series of marked bands m n p, and with means, substantially as described, for propelling said box and turning said bands, as specied.

2. The box c, combined with the bands m o1, p of unequal lengths, and with the button o for turning them, as Specified.

3. The barrel a and stock Z), combined with the trigger d, spring ff', hammer g, bell t, springs l1, and r, slide c, and bands m a p, as specified. I

J. EMILE BARRE.

Vitnesses:

A. BLBERT, EDWARD P. MACLEAN. 

